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• Is 2.0 ingenium as bad as they say?

• I had 2 x D3’s 2.7 V6’s, and 2 xD4 with 3 ltr V6’s, and never had any engine issues but knew the V6 had a timebomb in the possibility of crank failure with warranty companies don’t seem to wan ...
al cope Replies: 4 Views: 1567 Forum:General Posted: 22nd May 2023 2:04 pm Subject: Is 2.0 ingenium as bad as they say?

• Middle row not folding flat

• Have you tried holding the switch down, as this will force the seats down a touch more.
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 17 Views: 6546 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 31st Mar 2023 9:00 am Subject: Middle row not folding flat

• Timing Chain Replacement

• Well after having every discovery model since 1991, the D5 was my last one, I now have a Volvo XC90
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 4 Views: 4039 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 16th Mar 2023 3:58 pm Subject: Timing Chain Replacement

• Timing Chain Replacement

• I did ask on my D5 at a local Indi, and he said it’s more expensive on the D5 due to the engine being longitudinal whereas the Dsport is transverse. He quoted around 2k. I didn’t go ahead as the e ...
al cope Replies: 4 Views: 4039 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 16th Mar 2023 12:41 pm Subject: Timing Chain Replacement

• STALLING 2018 INGENIUM 2LT

• Yep, mine displayed this type of quirk ( first pointer was the engine revs dropping when you selected D or R, not quite to a stall) it finally gave up the gist at 39k miles by going bang big time. Com ...
al cope Replies: 17 Views: 8839 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 10th Mar 2023 7:30 pm Subject: STALLING 2018 INGENIUM 2LT

• Roof Rail fitting

• Crap timing Russ. I only binned the ones I had from fitting my rails about 3 or 4 weeks ago. I had hung onto them all the while I had the D5.
  
  Sorry
  Al
al cope Replies: 30 Views: 23647 Forum:Tip and Tricks Posted: 12th Feb 2023 3:17 pm Subject: Roof Rail fitting

• RLD Spare wheel protector

• It is. Pity your a distance away as I have one for sale, but I don’t fancy shipping it.
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 64 Views: 55188 Forum:General Posted: 21st Jan 2023 12:33 pm Subject: RLD Spare wheel protector

• Towing mirrors

• @BHH, I think I still have my old ones after selling the D5. Drop me a PM and you can have them if I find them when I get home tomorrow
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 18 Views: 13430 Forum:Tip and Tricks Posted: 15th Jan 2023 12:18 pm Subject: Towing mirrors

• Pirelli Scorpion Verde 285/40/22

• No pic, but if the indies don’t do vulcanising they will tell you it’s irreparable
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 7 Views: 2278 Forum:General Posted: 14th Jan 2023 7:37 pm Subject: Pirelli Scorpion Verde 285/40/22

• Pirelli Scorpion Verde 285/40/22

• Even more reason to check out eBay then
  
  Where exactly is your puncture. A lot of tyre places will saya puncture isn’t repairable if it’s within an inch of the sidewall but it is, j ...
al cope Replies: 7 Views: 2278 Forum:General Posted: 14th Jan 2023 11:18 am Subject: Pirelli Scorpion Verde 285/40/22

• Pirelli Scorpion Verde 285/40/22

• Have a look on eBay. Usually a few on there, just check the dot codes for production dates.
  
  I sold my three back in September
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 7 Views: 2278 Forum:General Posted: 13th Jan 2023 6:32 pm Subject: Pirelli Scorpion Verde 285/40/22

• Insurance!

• It could well have a LR tracker but you need to pay a subscription.. check your subscriptions from the LR app.
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 15 Views: 7354 Forum:General Posted: 17th Dec 2022 6:06 pm Subject: Insurance!

• Insurance!

• My MY18 had a tracker as standard, you just need to pay the subscription to LR.
  
  Direct line were always a decent price for my insurance, approx £550 for a birmingham postcode
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 15 Views: 7354 Forum:General Posted: 3rd Nov 2022 1:30 pm Subject: Insurance!

• Spare wheel protector

• They fitted the protective plate and the spring cover tube to earlier D5 as well (my MY18 had these) but I still fitted an RLD protector.
  
  It’s the one I have for sale
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 3 Views: 3010 Forum:General Posted: 2nd Nov 2022 1:53 pm Subject: Spare wheel protector

• Well it’s gone

• Not until they have a better engine I won’t., Seems to me that whilst other manufacturers also can have issues, they tend not to be catastrophic, in LR’s case requiring a new engine
  
  Al
al cope Replies: 13 Views: 5630 Forum:General Posted: 23rd Oct 2022 9:07 am Subject: Well it’s gone